Robert Yee
David Richards Junior Research Fellow in Economic History
Biography
Robert Yee joined Wadham in 2023 as the third David Richards Junior Research Fellow in Economic History.
His research focuses on the economic and political history of modern Europe, with a particular interest in the history of finance, banking and global governance. He is currently completing a book on the interwar Bank of England, under contract with Cambridge University Press. Along with his research, he has run tutorials on British, European, economic and global history since c. 1750.
Selected Publications
Yee, Robert. “A State of Supervision: The Political Economy of Banking Regulation in Germany, 1900s–1930s.” Business History Review 97, no. 1 (Spring 2023): 93–125.
Yee, Robert. “Reparations Revisited: The Role of Economic Advisers in Reforming German Central Banking and Public Finance.” Financial History Review 27, no. 1 (April 2020): 45–72.